Ketchers Mitts And Layovers Cake Recipes

KETCHERS MITTS AND LAYOVERS CAKE

Steps:

• .Buy a new washing up bowl.
• soak the dried fruit in leftover tea from the teapot for 24hours.
• soak the cherries in brandy.I keep in an airtight container and enjoy sniffing from time to time.
• Line a 9 inch tin with two layers of greaseproof paper and grease the paper.
• Strain the soaking fruit retaining the cherry brandy for feeding the cake when cooked.Mix the fruit with the flour salt and spice.
• Cream the butter and sugar in your nice new washing up bowl.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Stir in fruit and flour.
• Add nuts.
• add a little milk if necessary to achieve a dropping consistency.
• Add coffee.
• Put mixture in tin and smooth over.
• Bake for 1.5 hours at gas mark 2.
• Reduce to gas mark 1/2 for 1.5 hours.
• finish at gas mark 1/4 allowing 5 to 5.5 hours altogether.
• Have friends in for coffee while its cooking.
• Cool in tin.
• feed with saved cherry brandy until all the brandy has gone.Can be done in a week but is better done over longer.
• Ice as desired.